After Easter, Ian and Mateo visited the Hazelab group on the 4th April, at the Imperial College London. Once again, they presented their work to the Imperial’s fire research group, led by Professor Guillermo Rein, after which they met with Hazelab’s students and staff to share experiences of the diverse research areas being developed at both Imperial and UQ.

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On the 5th and 6th of April 2018, Mateo and Ian visited The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, where Ian is currently on exchange. Mateo gave a talk on his own research project, before meeting in person with several academics and PhD students to discuss his latest results and analysis about laminated bamboo and timber. The two were also invited to a number of experiments at the Fire Lab.

Mateo presenting his PhD Research on bamboo at the University of Edinburgh

This was a magnificent experience to showcase the work conducted by UQ Fire on the fire performance of bamboo, not only to the fire research community, but also to other researchers and practitioners interested in advancing the use of bamboo as an innovative and sustainable construction material.